Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderCapron Volunteer Fire and First Aid Squad Incorporated
Capron, VA · Southampton County. Capron Volunteer Fire and First Aid Squad Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 25 total personnel. The department also provides EMS services. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Capron Volunteer Fire and First Aid Squad Incorporated pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Virginia average.
- 41st pct.
- national personnel size
- -24%
- vs. Virginia average
- 1
- station
National percentile ranks this department's personnel headcount against every listable U.S. department with reported staffing; the state comparison uses the same personnel figure against its own state's average. Both feed the verdict sentence and the chips above.
A staffing, equipment, EMS-integration, and federal-grant-funding composite benchmarked against every other USFA-registered department nationally, not a safety rating, response-time measure, or comparison of fire risk. Dimensions with no data on file are excluded and their weight redistributed, never counted as zero.
Capron Volunteer Fire and First Aid Squad Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Capron, VA (Southampton County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,135 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,135 of 22,440
- VA personnel rank #342 of 414
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Southampton County
Capron Volunteer Fire and First Aid Squad Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 59% higher than 41% of 22,440 departments
Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel
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Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06
Dispatch plate
Sheet 17503 · Capron Volunteer Fire and First Aid Squad Incorporated, VA 25 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #13,135
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Thermopolis Volun…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department, WY (+ 0 personnel)
Volunteer HIFLD roster counts, station rows, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer, and FEMA AFG/SAFER book for this FDID, not a readiness rating.
Personnel neighbourhood
Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every VA department.
- Capron Volunteer… (this dept) 25
- High Latta, SC 25
- Near Thermopolis Volun…, WY 25
- Near West Priest Lake, ID 25
- Near Sentinel Rural Fi…, ND 25
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Capron, VA
- County
- Southampton County
- FDID
- 17503
Staffing vs the Virginia average
How Capron Volunteer Fire and First Aid Squad Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #342 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,135 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 86
- VA departments
- 766
County roster geometry
Southampton County HIFLD mix around Capron Volunteer Fire and First Aid Squad Incorporated
Southampton County: 9 departments, 241 personnel (9 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 78% of departments. County / state rollup.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department, WY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VA department.